Stafford, Va. –– Chalk one in the win column for Stafford, as the county that dubbed itself business friendly convinced Woodbridge-based Tridex Associates to move 110 employees there.
The government contractor is abandoning their headquarters in an industrial complex on Farm Creek Drive for a new multi-building campus at the Central Stafford Commerce Center on Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1) just south of the county’s courthouse and administration center.
“This is the culmination of a very exhaustive process for us whereby we evaluated all of the options available to us that would meet our needs and long-term corporate goals for our future in the governmental contracting industry” said TAI’s president and CEO Chris Hudson in a press release.
The agency is expected to hire at least 25 new employees after relocating to Stafford.
The move also brings with it a new consortium between Tridex and Southwest Research Institute. The two companies will develop telecommunications tools and electronic security systems, design new hardware and conduct prototype engineering, according to a press release from Stafford County.
A three-level office, and a 23,000 square feet research and manufacturing center is also being built at the Central Stafford Commerce Center and is expected to be completed by 2012.
The announcement comes as Stafford County officials touted some of the lowest unemployment numbers in the region. The county’s Board of Supervisors recently passed a plan to make the county more attractive to businesses.
